GENERAL NEWS

A Member of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC), Dr. Eric Defor, has called for an overhaul of the oil management law after 10-years of Ghana’s oil discovery. Speaking to Francis Abban on the Morning Starr, Dr. Defor said that Ghanaians are asking the whereabout of Ghana’s oil money …

The former Ghanaian diplomat Edward Boateng, who served as the 15th ambassador of the Republic of Ghana to the People’s Republic of China with concurrent accreditation to the Republic of Mongolia and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea from June 2017 to November 2020, has been appointed by President Akufo-Addo …

GOIL Company Limited has denied claims that of being directed by government to reduce fuel prices. According to them, the allegations by the Association of Oil Marketing Companies (AOMC) are false.   “GOIL wants to state categorically that at no point did the government ‘direct’ the company to reduce its …

Organisers of the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ), Primetime Limited, has urged the Presbyterian Boys’ Secondary School (Presec-Legon) to accept their defeat in the just ended national championship. In a statement dated December 8, 2021, Primetime said the grand finale of the this year’s competition was fair and transparent, …

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MP for Tema West, Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah has stated that the proposed 1.75% e-levy by government is not a compulsory tax, thus Ghanaians who are opposed to it should not engage in electronic transactions. The former Deputy Minister of Trade made these remarks, during an interview with JoyNews’ Parliamentary correspondent, …

Three school children have been confirmed dead in an accident at Akuapem-Mampong in the Eastern region on Tuesday. They were among twelve school children in a Nissan Almera taxi with registration number GS 5736-09 driven by one Erasmus Atiemo from Mampong to Mamfe. Their vehicle collided head-on with an unregistered …

The President of the 4th Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has reaffirmed his belief in the principles of democratic accountability, which, he says, constitutes the basis of good governance in Ghana.           Speaking at the 2nd Kofi Annan Peace and Security Forum, held at the Kofi …

A seven-month-old baby has lost her life after allegedly being rejected over lack of space at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in the Ashanti Region. The baby is said to have been referred from the Asokwa Children’s Hospital where she was receiving medical attention.   Kwame Frimpong, the public relations …

The case involving Onua TV presenter, Blessed Godsbrain Smart, popularly known as Captain Smart, has been adjourned to December 20, 2021, by the Kaneshie District Court. This was after his lawyers, who waited for about three hours for the court to commence the hearing, got fed up with the time …